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Monday, April 3, 2017

GARDEN UPDATE

Weekend garden update. Only a couple weeks in the ground and it all seems to be doing well. I forgot my camera so I had to use my phone, and of course forgot a few pics. The okra is growing and the cukes are reaching for the trellis. Oh and the squash has grown a bit too, albeit somewhat slower.

These are the eggplants, both growing well and this one has a bloom on it already! I'm sensing one of our favorite snacks in the near future...

The tomatoes are growing, about half again as big as they were last week. Hoping for some tomato sauce canning a couple of months...

Jalapeños are growing nicely...

And these are the turnip seeds I planted. I need to thin these out next weekend when they are a bit bigger and will plant some more in empty spaces. I think there were some beet sprouts too but they were really small and scattered not so much in a row so I wasn't sure what might be a weed sprouting. I need to see a more obviously planned row, ha.

Looks great. When I thin my broccoli and cauliflower seedlings (which I did just yesterday), I replant them in any spare spaces I have. I don't like wasting them. I wait till they are a good size, about 4 in or more. Just be careful to handle them from the leaves not the stem and try not to disturb the roots of the other seedlings too much. Push a stick or small hand tool down into the soil to get underneath the seedlings to come up. Give the transplanted seedlings a really good, gentle water. It's worth trying as you have the plants anyway and you will know within the week whether they have transplanted successfully or not.

Oh, now I get it!! You are using those red supports for the plants in order to be visible from space when google comes flying! It looks very promising and I look forward to the exciting event of growing. I am growing beens again this year, perhaps cucumber, we'll see. Mostly I end up with the most stunning weeds in the neighbourhood, but hey, someone has got to take them on!! The good Lord told us to be alert of the weeds so I am practising hard!! Blessings to you!!!

That eggplant has such pretty leaves and blooms - as pretty as an ornamental. Everything looks so healthy and is really growing well. Some great meals coming up! A tip: I can identify my beet seedlings by their red stalks - they are red even at that early stage. It was such a gorgeous, sunny, not-windy day - it was heavenly to spend time in the garden today.

I hope you and 2nd Man are well and were not affected by all the storms. I'm just now getting internet at the country home/farm.

Love your garden beds, the vegetables are coming along nicely......I'm going to live through you vicariously.....because I have no garden as of yet. Still unpacking,and preparing for installing rain gutters,and leveling areas of land.

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